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How I Started “Offline”: A Journey to Protect Young Kids from the Dark Side of Social Media
When it comes to social media use, Nirupama shares about the drastic need for legislation and protections for young people rooted in care for their wellbeing. She’s taken things into her own hands by creating Offline. Read more here.
Quire, Social Media Needs Reform not Labels: A Youth Perspective
In this op-ed, Chloe Kim responds to Surgeon General Murthy’s call for social media warning labels by affirming that cell phones and social platforms do not have nearly the same harmful effects as a cigarette. Here, Chloe suggests alternative solutions to support young people online.
Documenting a Six Month Social Media Break: June Edition
In this blog post Katy documents how social media has impacted her life and the reasons why she decided to take a 6 month break from social media. Read more here.
IDEO, Co-designing With Youth Is Crucial for Digital Thriving
GoodforMEdia youth advisor Khoa-Nathan was recently interviewed by IDEO to share about the important role young people hold as consumers of platform design. Read more here.
What’s Behind the Filter?
In this piece, Ishani shares about the reality of scrolling through your timeline and feeling the natural urge to compare ourselves to the folks we see on our feeds, in the media, etc. Read more here.
Testimonials: What are youth saying?
Leading up to the White House Kids Online Safety Listening Session, we asked youth in the community to share their ideas for change. Here is what they said.
Having Fun Alone on Valentines Day
Struggling with FOMO, especially on days centering relationships, can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be! In this post, Zenia shares some tips and strategies to overcome the fear of missing out this Valentine’s day, or really any day!
Tales from My Digital Detox
How do you know when you need to embark on a digital detox? Lukas shares their experience navigating the fear of missing out when cutting back on their screen time. Read more here!
Avery: Being critical with social media
It’s important to notice what makes me feel insecure…
Meghna: the positive & negative impacts of social media
This is something that I would tell my younger self …
Kyra: How does your feed make you feel?
Try to pay attention to the subtle messages that you’re getting from your feed…